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#ECB5BF

Pink · light warm pink

About #ECB5BF

#ECB5BF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 71% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pink (ΔE 5.5); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B5ECE2 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ECB5BF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green181
Blue191

Closest named colours

Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 5.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 5.6
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.7

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #ECB5BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pink #ECB5BF.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pink #ECB5BF.
11.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECB5BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECB5BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDBDBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C7BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6B1B8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECB5BF?

#ECB5BF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 71% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECB5BF?

Use black text. Black on #ECB5BF has a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECB5BF?

Its complementary colour is #B5ECE2, and analogous partners are #ECB5DB and #ECC7B5.